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MACHINE 4POR MAKING METALv TAGS.

No. 820,183. PATENTBD MAY a, 1906. n

P. G. GROWB.

MACHINE FOR MAKING METAL TAGS.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.27, 1905.

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FREDERICK C. CROWE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CROWE i NAME PLATE @a ENGRAVING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COR- 'PoRATIoN or ILLINOIS.

IVIACH INE FOR MAKING METAL TAGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1906.

. T LLZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, FREDERICK C. CRowE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Machines for Making Metal Tags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for making metal tags, name-plates, &c., and refers particularly to a mechanism for impressing a design upon the face of the tag.

The invention further refers to a tag-making machine wherein movable type is used to make up the printing-form.

The invention further refers to means for imparting a rolling impression between the plate and the' form.

It further refers to means for removing that pressure upon the backward or recovery movement of the mechanism.

The invention further refers to means for feeding blank tags to dies in a continuous ribbon of metal, to means for adjusting the eX- tent of the feed movement for tags of diiIerent lengths, and to means for placing suitable tension upon said ribbon to prevent accidental movement thereof.

The invention further refers to the various details hereinafter pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a mechanism embodying the features of this invention. Fig.. 2 is a side elevation of said mechanism. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the mechanism, showing the reciprocatory form-carriage in elevation. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the form-carriage. Fig. 5 is a fragmental top plan view of the form-carriage, showing an adjustable gage thereon. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one of the housings for the impression-roller, showing said roller in its working position. Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical sectional view on dotted line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view on dotted line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 lis a vertical sectional view through the bearings of the tension-roller.

In the embodiment herein shown of this invention I provide a bed 1, having supportinglegs 2 at its opposite ends. Arms 3 are adjustably mounted at the front end of the bed by means of bolts 4, passing through an elongated slot 5 in said bed, Figs. 2 and 3. The arms 3 are adapted to support the journals of a spool 6 for containing a quantity of metallic ribbon a intended to be made into tags. At the rear end of the bed and supported upon the arms 7 is a similar spool 8', adapted to receive the ribbon from the spool 6 after the impression of the form has been made thereon. The spool 8 is mounted upon a shaft 9, which shaft has secured thereon a pulley 10. The arms 7 are secured to the bed 1 by means of bolts 11, passing through an elongated opening 12. The arms 3 and 7 are adj ustably mounted, as shown, in order to accommodate spools of various widths. Near the rear end of the bed I a shaft 13 is rotatably mounted in bearings 14, which shaft carries at one of its ends a pulley 15 for receiving a belt (not shown) by means of which motion is imparted to said shaft. The shaft 13 also carries a small pulley 16, over which and over the pulley 10 a belt 17 is intended to run. The belt 17 is intended to rotate the spool 8 to take up the ribbon as it passes through the machine, being made loose enough to slip upon the pulleys 10 and 15 during the intervals between the ribbon-feeding movement of the impressing mechanism, as will hereinafter appear. Upon the shaft 13 are iXed two pinions 18, the teeth of which mesh with the teeth of two spur-gears 19, said spur-gears being 'fixed at the opposite ends of a shaft 20, supported in bearings 21. Outside the spur-gears 19 the shaft 20 carries two face-plates 22, each of which face-plates has an undercut radial slot 23, adapted to receive an adjustable wrist-pin 24.

A form-carriage 25 is arranged to have a sliding movement lengthwise of the bed 1, being guided upon the ways 26 on said bed. Upon the rear end of the carriage are two upwardly-extending bearings 27 for a shaft 28, the ends of which shaft are connected with the wrist-pins 24 by means of connecting-rods 29. The form-carriage is provided with a chase 30, adjustably secured in position upon said carriage by means of screws 31, passing through posts 32, the carriage being provided with numerous openings 33 for receiving said posts. In use a form 34, Fig. 7, is locked in the chase 30, and over this form passes the metallic ribbon a. The rib- IOO accommodate ribbons of different widths, the bolts 38 for said bars 35 passing through elongated openings 39 in Vsaid cross-bars. i :The cross-bars 37 at their opposite ends are yieldy 1o ingly supported above the carriage 25 upon com ression-springs 40, surrounding bolts 4l, ed to said carriage.

. Housings 42 are secured upon the upper' -face of the bed by meansiofbolts 43. -Ex- I` 5 tending through the upper vsides of each -of said-housings is a screw-threadedy opening 44 f `for the receptioniof screws'45 for supporting bearing-blocks 46. Each ofthe-blocks'46-is connected to its screw 4'5 `by meansfof a plate 2O 47'-, affixedtousaid block =by1 screws 48, said -fplatie having a slotted opening 49 therein, the wallsof which openinglie within an-annular 'groove 50-in the lower por-tionvofl the screw P45, the-lower end-'ofthe screw lying within: an rf5-openingy 51 I in- 'said block. The; bearingblocks 46are thusadjustable Avertically `in the-'housings 42, beingguided in their -move -ment Vbythe flangesr 52. In thelowerfa'ce of `each 3"of' the bearing-blocks 46 is a concave 3OVbearing-, opening 53, the l concavity' -being somewhat-more :than semicylindricalf -in extentl in- "order vto make' lthe opening slightly undercut Ineach of lthese- -openings is -Amounted a knuckle'54, -connected,- as by =^meansof a dovetail connection, Fig. 6, with a? tiltingy blockA 55. The Vtilting -blocks `"55 -'have bea-rings 56 forL rotatably nsupporting thejournals I"57 of an impression-roller' 58, the function'v of the roller- 58-being to press the 40 rl'ribbon a-into contact with the formnpon the xearri-agef25. 'f @neside 59 of' cachot the tilting b1ocks55 is adapted `to -bear lsquarely `againstone'side ofA its housing 42-when lthe :impression-roller is vin printingposition.

To swingthe impression-roller-58 rearf wardlytoforce the ribbon a against the Aform -ai1dto swing said yroller forwardly to release the ribbon, I-rnount-uponl-the'icarriage 25 a "spring-arm-'60p `Said'spring-arm is adjust- 5o ably securedto 'the carriagey byl means For a A screw 61, passing through anelcngated opening 62iin1said' spring-armand-infto a suitable Y opening in the-carriage inorder-'towprovide for a- Alongitudinal-L adjustment l'ot-said- Varm with relation tosaid carriage. '.Fhe'free4 end yof the arm 60 is'ofogee form, a portion 630i2 YV`said 'spring conforming to the periphery'of the Iroller 58. 'r Upon the rearward'movement *of theform-carriage-thefree end ofthe springoaarm 60 isforced under the roller 58 ,'oscillatfing-said -rollerrearwardiuntil the rearafaces 59 of the tiltingfblocks I55 bear against the rear ',innerfsidesofthe-housings, 42. L Whenthe -f-carriage reaches itsI rearmost position, the yportion 63o'f they spr1ng-arm1591s --ln contact The bar 35 is adf 5 .justable toward and away from the bar' 36 `to` "with the periphery'o lthe roller'f58. Upon 4the forward movement ofthe carriage the roller remains in contact with said portion 63 .of -thearm60 andisdrawn forward, rising in its `forward movement toi allow the springs 40 to raise the ribbon a clear of the form.

A tension-roller 64 is rotatably mounted upon ashaft 65. .The ends of said shaft are provided with eccentric extensions 66, which extensions lie within bearing-openings 67 in the upper ends of brackets 68, secured in any suitable mannerupon the forward end ofthe b'ed 1. The extensions 66 at their ends carry collars 69, fixed ttoA` said extensions by `means ,"offpins 7 Oforanyrother suitable lmea-nsysaid cblla1"sbeingA joined bymeans ofan operatingvbail 1712,- by means Tof whichfbail the rollerf64 vmaybe rocked in .-itsbearing's 67 towardl and -awa'yfrom a friction-block 7 2. X Said friction- 4blocls` 72-lieswithin a-"rame 73,.-secured: in

any suitable-manner to :the-bed l. The rtension-roller 6 4Inay` be locleddnoperative: po-

fsition 1by\means"of set-screws? 4. "The roller 64 and the block 72 Yfrietior'iallyengage?the lribbon with5 sufticient iforce to :prevent Asaid ribbon'rom ybeing 'fmov'ed by the Arotation of the spool 8, the ribbonbein :drawnei'rombe- Ytweensaid-roller .and-'said lock only. when the impression-roller 1 andl the form :gripf' the ribbon and move rearwardly. l

f In@ operationa spool 6, having wound theret0n amet'allic ribbon (botany suitable width within the limits off the machine, is. lplac'ed uponffthe arms 3'and th'e'reefendoV the ribbon-pass'edlbetween theftension-rolle'r 64' and the friction-'blockv `72-(said tension-roller -being ltilted: for? vthis `Lpurpose byvmeans l ofy .the

b'ail 71) 'and l extending trom said .roller over the cross-b ars 137 ,betweenthe. guide-bars 35 and 36, to the spool 8,up0n which. latter it is secured. A form. containingxthematter t0 be impressed'upon' the ribbon is secured within .thetchase 43. f `The bail A7 l: is:y moved to f throw the tension-roller 64 into contact with :the ribbon, so-a`s=toiplace a retainingtension 'uponlsaid ribbon. I-J Motion isimparted to .the machine bypassing a\belt.(not shown) over 'the pulle7 l 5,? the form-carriage "25 being `reciprocated -at .each revolution'iof the Wristpins` 24. 'i The fextent -cffthisv reciprocating lvJnovement 'Sofi` the .form-.carriage is regulated by adjusting the po'sition'df .the wristpin '.21

within lthe. elongated :.radial i openings f 20 of the'fface-plates 219,: l@thus determining." the length of ribbonedbetWeen succeedingim- -rpressions accordinglyas 'the tag impressions are lon `ori short. .fAt-each rearward -move- -ment=o the; carriage 25 Vtheimpression-rbller 458 is rocked,` or oscillated rearwardlyyswinging said roller downward slightlyandlupon 'the continued rearward; movement ofithercarurla-ge pressingthe .ribbon closelycin: contact lOO the depression 63 in saidv arm. Upon the forward movement of the carriage the roller is moved forward by reason ofits engagement with said arm, The guide-bars 35 and 36 lie above the face of the chase 30 in order to guide the ribbon with relation to said form. When the roller 58 is swung down upon the form, said guide-bars are depressed against the action of the compression-springs 40. The impression-roller 58 is vertically adjustable in position to suit ribbons of different thicknesses by means of the screws 45. After the ribbon has been thus fed through the machine the spool 8 is removed and the ribbon cut up into tags in any suitable way.

When a comparatively small number of plates are to be made or when it is desirable to make each tag impression upon a separate f plate instead of upon a continuous ribbon, I

mount upon one of the cross-bars 37 and between the guide-bars 35 and 36 an adjustable gage 7 5, Fig. 5. The separate tags are fed to and removed from the machine by hand, being placed upon the form and against the gage 75 and removed therefrom when the.

carriage 25 is moving toward or away from the printing position. 1

My invention is not restricted to the precise construction and arrangement of parts herein shown, as such construction and arrangement may be varied or modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. I therefore wish to have it understood that I do not desire to limit myself to the particular details herein specified.

I claim as my invention- Y 1. In a printing-machine, in combination, a reciprocating form-carriage; means for supporting a continuous strip of material along the line of movement of said form-carriage; and means for recurrently moving said strip into and out of contact with a form on said carriage.

2. In a printing-machine, in combination, a reciprocatory form-carriage; means for supporting a continuous strip of material along the line of movement of said form-carriage; and a roller movable toward and from said carriage for recurrently moving saidvstrip into contact with a form on said carriage.

3. In a printing-machine, in combination, a reciprocatory form-carriage means for supporting a continuous strip of material along the line of movement of said form-carriage a roller movable toward and from said carriage for recurrently moving said strip into contact with a form on said carriage; and an arm carried by said carriage' adapted to engage and move said roller.

4. In a printing-machine, in combination, a reciprocatory form-carriage means for supporting a continuous strip of material along the line of movement of said carriage; means for preventing free movement of said strip; and means for recurrently moving said strip into and out of contact with a form on said carriage, said last-mentioned means and said carriage being arranged to grip and feed forward said strip. y

5. In a printing-machine, in combination, a reciprocatory form-carriage; an impressionroller mounted to oscillate toward and away from said carriage; and a spring-arm carried by said carriage adapted to engage and oscillate said roller.

6. In a printing-machine, in combination, a reciprocatory form-carriage an impressionroller mounted to oscillate toward and away from said carriage; and a spring-arm carried bysaid carriage, the Jforward end of which arm 'is adapted to engage said roller for oscillating it, said arm having a curved portion conforming to the periphery of said roller.

7. In a printing-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a reciprocatory formcarriage on said frame; housings on said frame a bearing-block in each of said housings, a bearing member pivotally connected with each of said blocks, said member having a portion adapted to contact said housing to limit the movement of said bearing member; a roller carried by said bearing members; and means for pivotally moving said roller.

8. In a printing-machine, in combination, means for preventing free movement of the material operated upon and aprinting-couple arranged to travel and to grip and feed forward the material against the action of the means for preventing free movement of the material.

9. In a printing-machine, in combination, a form-bed provided with a plurality of openings; posts adapted to be connected with saidI bed by means of said openings; and setscrews having a screw-thread engagement with said posts for clamping a chase in position on said bed.

10. In a printing-machine, in combination, a reciprocatory form-bed; means for pressing the material operated upon into contact with a form on said form-bed; and a yieldinglysupported frame carried by said form-bed comprising spring-supported cross-bars for supporting said material adjacent to the form. v

11. In a printing-machine, in combination, a reciprocatory form-bed; means for recurrently pressing the material operated upon into contact with a form on said form-bed; said pressing means and formbied being adapted to advance the material through the machine and spring-actuated means on ysaid form-bed for moving the material out of contact with the form.

12. In a printing-machine, in combination, a form-bed, spring-supported cross-bars for supporting a strip of material above the form and guide-bars carried by said cross-bars for guiding the strip.

13. In a printing-machine, in combination,

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said form-bed forthe materia] anrlguide-bars .for the material,y Carried by said support.

il FREDERICK C. CROWE.

- Witnesses:

A M. M. Dfi-LEY, L. L. MILLER. 

